Someone asked people not originally from the UK what British people take for granted – 23 things we don’t appreciate enough

13.

‘Safety. A lot of my friends are from Johannesburg. And they all remark how safe the UK is.’
–fleurmadelaine

14.

‘My wife is from Brazil and this her big one too, it took her a long time to get comfortable with the idea that anyone could just walk up to your door and you can check your phone in the street or whatever, have earbuds in, just go a walk around the streets, etc.’
–Spiritual-Bison-2545

15.

‘Since no one else has mentioned it yet 24/7 electricity. It isn’t even interrupted when it rains heavily. There are a lot of places in the world where there will be scheduled power cuts every day and something will definitely break or stop working during heavy rainfall.’
–elementarywebdesign

16.

‘I’m in a small village and my local post office is open 7 days a week. It’s so helpful!’
–alltorque1982

17.

‘Practically no mosquitoes. In England anyway.’
–badgersruse

18.

‘I’m from the UK so maybe this doesn’t count, but from friends who’ve moved abroad – the price of food. The price of a weekly shop from an average supermarket in the US and especially Canada is way, way higher. Obviously their average wages are higher as well, but coming from the UK it was quite a shock. They didn’t realise how good we have it in that regard.’
–BristolShambler

19.

‘The police – when I lived abroad, you would have to carry a range of small bills as you were guaranteed to be stopped and ‘fined’. Corruption was universal. You are also not likely to get the crap beaten out of you for minor infractions or perceived differences.

In term of what UK police provide, the public in the UK have no idea how lucky they are.’
–ConsciouslyIncomplet

20.

‘There’s a few things. Dial 999 and someone will come. There will be no bribe to pay, no ‘petrol money ‘ (after an attempted home invasion in Cape Town that was the response) NHS , stable currency, no school fees (I’m looking at you again South Africa) a strong passport, no school shootings. Close to Europe, cheap plane fares.’
–ZealousidealCarpet48

21.

‘English pies.’
–Prestigious_Can_4391

22.

‘Lack of (truly) poisonous spiders and snakes.’
–CmdretteZircon

23.

‘Marks and Spencer’s. Also not enough people go hill walking and discover the beauty of the countryside here. It really is a green a pleasant land.’
–Strong_Star_71

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